Advocating for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities Post-MDG

In 2000, when the UN created the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—eight international development goals for reducing poverty and improving the welfare of the world’s poorest people—disability was not mentioned. As Handicap International has known from working with people with disabilities for over 30 years, this oversight was tremendous.

“With an estimated one billion people living with a disability in the world today, people with disabilities are the world’s largest minority group, and cannot be ignored,” says Priscille Geiser, Handicap International's Head Civil Society Technical Advisor. “Since people with disabilities have historically been overlooked, they are often those who need development the most.”

With the world now two years away from the MDG benchmark of 2015, a new discussion is emerging: How do we change international development to ensure the inclusion of all people? This week in New York, the topic of how to better include people with disabilities in development is being explored during the UN High-Level Meeting on Disability, being held concurrently during the UN General Assembly.

During the meeting, Duttine will present on a panel discussing the needs and challenges of people with disabilities in receiving adequate and nondiscriminatory health and social services. As the week progresses, Handicap International will be sharing stories on important outcomes, advocating for the full inclusion of people with disabilities and vulnerable populations as we approach the 2015 deadline, and looking at the way forward for the coming decades.

It's important for people with disabilities to have a say in what their needs are, Battello notes. These needs need to be considered “from the beginning—what they truly want—to form a real agenda, where people are holding their countries and governments accountable.” Geiser adds that a truly inclusive agenda will ensure people with disabilities get their "fair share" of development benefits.

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Handicap International's most prestigious awards include:

2011 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize

For our assistance to people with disabilities in situations of poverty, exclusion, conflict and disaster.

1997 Nobel Peace Prize

For campaign success with our partners at the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in creating the 1997 Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty, which bans the deployment, stockpiling, production and sale of anti-personnel mines, and ensures their destruction.

1996 United Nations Nansen Refugee Award

For our service to refugees as well as our contributions to the elimination of landmines.